sonsy
Americanadjective
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strong and healthy; robust.
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agreeable; good-natured.
adjective
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plump; buxom; comely
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cheerful; good-natured
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lucky
Etymology
Origin of sonsy
1525–35; sonse “prosperity, good fortune” ( Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic sonas, Middle Irish sonus, derivative of sona “prosperous, happy,” Old Irish son ) + -y 1 ( def. ); cf. donsie
Example Sentences
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For ladies, we had her Grace of—; and her daughter Lady—, a fine, buxom, sonsy lass, with more colour than, I am sorry to say, is often seen among fine ladies.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
John studied her face for a moment It was a sonsy and simple face, and her eyes were not unkindly.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
Sometimes it was the rickety, black-timbered porch, garlanded with vine; a sonsy, blond-haired young Flemish maiden sat there, and twirled the bobbins on a lace-cushion, in a warm yellow flicker of sunshine.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
By Sophie May In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales by Patten, William
A change came over her sonsy, smiling face.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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